The effects of guided imagery on comfort, depression, anxiety, and stress of psychiatric inpatients with depressive disorders.

@article{Apstolo2009TheEO,
  title={The effects of guided imagery on comfort, depression, anxiety, and stress of psychiatric inpatients with depressive disorders.},
  author={Jo{\~a}o Lu{\'i}s Ap{\'o}stolo and Katharine Kolcaba},
  journal={Archives of psychiatric nursing},
  year={2009},
  volume={23 6},
  pages={
          403-11
        }
}
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